Dobie takes 5th straight from Pasadena 52-40

Published 6:00 pm, Saturday, January 20, 2001

Two district games within two miles of each other Friday night could both be described as yawners.

Dobie combined a good defense with an offense that produced eight 3-point goals that allowed the Longhorns to turn back rival Pasadena 52-40 at Phillips Field House Friday night.

By ROBERT AVERY

Dobie, in extending its winning streak on Pasadena to five straight, won the contest in the third period when the Longhorns outscored the Eagles 15-3 that turned a precarious intermission lead into a sturdy-as-a-rock advantage.

Dobie shot the ball well and Pasadena didn't. How badly did Dobie outshoot the Eagles? Consider the fact that Pasadena scored nine more points at the free-throw line than Dobie, and yet the Horns won by 12.

Dobie was 21-of-43 for 49 percent from the floor while Pasadena was 13-of-29 for 45 percent. But while the Longhorns were canning eight treys, Pasadena tallied three.

During the middle two periods, Dobie drained more 3-point goals than regular goals by a 6-5 margin.

For the second straight district game, Frances Walker led Dobie in the scorebook, scoring 12 points. Walker ripped the nets for three treys.

Dobie reserves also played a major factor in squaring the team's district record at 1-1. The Longhorns bench outscored Pasadena's three reserves 20-4.

Roderick Lee came off the bench to score 11 points and Kurt Rankin added nine. Rankin also scored three treys.

Pasadena received a game-high 14 points from Josh Worden, but eight of his 14 came from a nice night at the foul line.

Pasadena's only lead of the night came at 12-11 when a Jarvis Tabb putback created the advantage in the opening moments of the second period.

Walker and Rankin, who would combine for 11 of the team's 14 second-period points, put the team in front to stay at 16-12. But courtesy of Worden going 6-of-6 at the foul line in the period, the Eagles forged two ties, before Dobie took a 25-22 halftime lead.

It was still just a three-point deficit for the Eagles early in the third and Dobie gave Pasadena three opportunities to chisel further into the small advantage.

Three straight Dobie possessions failed to produce points, but Pasadena couldn't answer opportunity's knock, also going three straight possessions without a score.

That's when Dobie burned the Eagles with a 13-1 rampage to finish the third. Justin Gissendanner started it with a trey and Rankin closed it with a bonus bucket.

Strangely enough, Dobie coughed up the ball three times during its 13-1 run, but Pasadena scored the grand total of one point directly off the turnovers. The Eagles missed their last seven shot attempts of the third.

That led to some terrific work by Dobie under the defensive glass. Daniel Cunningham was the busiest, talling three rebounds in helping to hold the Eagles to one look at the basket.

When Dobie found its first double-digit advantage of the game at 35-25 with 2:52 to play in the third, Pasadena never got the margin back inside to single digits the rest of the way.

The Eagles were 11-of-18 from the foul line while Dobie was 2-of-4. Dobie held a 15-14 edge in turnovers, but also a 19-17 edge in rebounding.

Kingwood kicks

cold-shooting Texans 69-47

Kingwood defeated Sam Rayburn for the second time this season, following a 69-47 District 22-5A victory in the Texan Gym Friday night.

With Rayburn's offense bogged down on 26 percent shooting, Kingwood coasted to its second district win in as many tries.

"Stagnant. That's the only word I can think of," said Texans head coach Boyce Paxton. "They weren't moving around."

Of Osberg's total, 11 came in the middle two periods when the Ponies outscored the Texans 32-16, including a 16-5 edge in the second period.

Maclies began the night as the district's second-leading scorer, averaging 18 points.

"Hats off to Ray Grambow," said Paxton, who assigned Kingwood's top scoring threat to Grambow in the team's man defense.

Meanwhile, Maclies had the task of guarding Scott Gernander, who was fresh from a 39-point show Tuesday night.

This time, Gernander was limited to a much more human-like seven points.

"They put their best athlete on him and that's a pretty good move," said Paxton.

Rayburn was led by Ryan Moon's 13 points. But Moon could have had more considering he was only 3-of-11 from the foul line. Of Moon's total, nine arrived in the first period, but Kingwood still held a 17-11 lead.